Twitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DDZZ)
Illustration: The Verge Twitter, which is rebranding as X, is now listed as X in the iOS App Store, suggesting the app got special treatment from Apple to allow a single-character name. The renaming was briefly hindered by a rule forbidding single-character app names within the App Store - the actual app name on iPhones and iPads already showed up as X.
The exception could be a sign Apple wants to keep the hatchet buried with X owner Elon Musk. Late last year, the then-CEO of Twitter accused Apple of threatening to remove the Twitter app from the store. After meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Musk later said it was a simple misunderstanding."
Alongside the X rebranding, the company also updated its tagline in the store, from it's what's happening" to blaze...